Chief Executive Officer, UniCredit S.p.A., Italy

He started his career in 1980 as customer relations manager at UniCredit's Piacenza Branch.

Having worked as the Head of Credit & Marketing Department at Piacenza Branch, Ghizzoni assumed the position of Branch Director in Trieste between 1988 and 1989. Continuing his career as Director of Seriate Branch between 1990 and 1992, Ghizzoni was appointed Deputy General Manager to UniCredit's London Office.

After having been appointed the UniCredit's Singapore Office General Manager in 1995, Ghizzoni became Executive Director responsible of Corporate and International Banking between 2000 and 2002 at Bank Pekao S.A, affiliate of the UniCredit Group. In 2003 Ghizzoni started to work at Koç Financial Services, a 50-50 joint venture of Koç Holding and UniCredit Group.

In his capacity as Executive Board Member of Koç Financial Services and all its affiliates, Ghizzoni has also been serving in the upper management, responsible of auditing, risk management, planning and control. After the acquisition by Koç Financial Services of Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi and its affiliates, he become the COO & Executive Board Member of Koç Financial Services and COO & Vice Chairman of Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi.

In July 2007, he was appointed Head of Poland's Markets Division at UniCredit and Board Member responsible for the CEE Banking Division at Bank Austria AG.

In April 2009 he has been appointed Member of UniCredit Group Executive Management Committee.

Ph.D. in Finance at the Graduate School of Business. Emphasis on Financial Economics, Economics and Statistics. Thesis: A Test of the Competitive Market Hypothesis: "The Market for New Issues and Secondary Offerings."

1966-1967

Research Associate, Center for Mathematical Studies in Business and Economics, University of Chicago

1967-1968

Instructor in Finance, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago

1968-1972

Assistant Professor of Finance, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1972-1973

Associate Professor of Finance, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1973-1974

Ford Foundation Visiting Research Associate Professor of Finance, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago

1975-1976

Associate Professor of Finance, Graduate School of Business; Executive Director, Center for Research in Security Prices, University of Chicago

1976-1980

Professor of Finance, Graduate School of Business; Director, Center for Research in Security Prices, University of Chicago

1980-1981

Professor of Finance, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research

1981-1982

Distinguished Visiting Professor of Research, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

1981-1983

Edward Eagle Brown Professor of Banking and Finance, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research

1983-1988

Frank E. Buck Professor of Finance, Graduate School of Business, and Professor of Law, Stanford Law School, Stanford University; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research

1988-1996

Frank E. Buck Professor of Finance, Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research